An educational intervention to promote appropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections in a district in Egypt- pilot study

Table 2 Antibiotic prescribing frequency for acute respiratory infections according to clinical diagnosis pre- and post-intervention, Minya, 2012

Diagnosis	Pre-intervention			Post-intervention
	Encounters reviewed	Encounters including antibiotic prescription		Encounters reviewed	Encounters including antibiotic prescription
	N	N	%	N	N	%
Pediatric
鈥僂ar infection	2	2	100.0	5	3	60.0
鈥僒辞苍蝉颈濒濒颈迟颈蝉	35	34	97.1	35	34	97.1
鈥働丑补谤测苍驳颈迟颈蝉	53	51	96.2	36	30	83.3
鈥侨颈苍耻蝉颈迟颈蝉	7	6	85.7	14	14	100.0
鈥傿谤辞苍肠丑颈迟颈蝉	78	63	80.8	97	68	70.1
鈥僀ommon cold	43	23	53.5	143	54	37.8
Total pediatric	218	179	82.1	330	203	61.5
Adults
鈥僂ar infection	4	4	100.0	2	1	50.0
鈥僒辞苍蝉颈濒濒颈迟颈蝉	10	10	100.0	17	17	100.0
鈥働丑补谤测苍驳颈迟颈蝉	27	26	96.3	61	55	90.2
鈥侨颈苍耻蝉颈迟颈蝉	10	8	80.0	10	10	100.0
鈥傿谤辞苍肠丑颈迟颈蝉	35	33	94.3	77	49	63.6
鈥僀ommon cold	27	17	63.0	110	56	50.9
Total adults	113	98	86.7	277	188	67.9
Grand total	331	277	83.7	607	391	64.4

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